Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 187 They are all very hardworking young people

The die-hard peasants, who had been relentlessly pursued by the heavenly soldiers and fled from the capital to become homeless dogs, could finally vent their pent-up madness.

They bloodily swept through village after village.

It's as if the spirits of our ancestors from when we entered the pass have possessed us.

Moreover, this is not just a matter of feelings and interests, after all, there are also differences in their systems.

Yinzhi was well aware that the most crucial issue for his westward journey was the attitude of the Oirat alliance, or rather, the current Khan of the Dzungar Khanate, Tsewang Arabtan. At this time, the Dörbet within the Oirat alliance had been completely annexed by the Dzungars, the Torgut had been forced to migrate westward due to their past conflict with Ge Erdan's father, the Khoshut controlled the plateau, and the current Lhazang Khan was cooperating with the Qing Dynasty. As for Tsewang Arabtan, theoretically he was still a vassal of the Qing Dynasty. After cooperating to eliminate Ge Erdan, the two sides were temporarily in this state of theoretical subordination, but in reality, Tsewang Arabtan was sweeping away various forces in the Western Regions, especially brutally defeating the Kazakhs, while simultaneously blocking the southward advance of Tsarist Russia, gradually developing into a hegemon in the Western Regions.

Moreover, he has now basically succeeded and has begun to intervene in the plateau. Historically, he would have quickly sent troops into the plateau to kill Lhazang Khan.

This officially triggered a war between him and three generations of his family, including Ma Ge.

If he does not allow Yinzhi to set foot in the Western Regions, then Yinzhi will have no choice but to fight to the death, and even if he wins, he will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

With such a small population, if they suffer tens of thousands of casualties, even if they enter the Western Regions, they will have little hope of defeating other forces. After all, the Western Regions are not only home to the Dzungar Khanate.

Therefore, what Yinzhi was trying to achieve was to get Tsewang Arabtan to accept him. Moreover, there was actually no conflict between the two sides in terms of territorial distribution. He could only go to southern Xinjiang when he went west, since those who followed him were not nomads, while Tsewang Arabtan currently controlled the northern Xinjiang pastoral area.

They can absolutely coexist.

It's simply a matter of who submits to whom.

Yinzhi could not possibly submit to Tsewang Arabtan, but he could accept an equal alliance with the latter.

and so……

He needs a banner that can be called a righteous cause.

The Qing emperor personally led the expedition to the west to promote Buddhism, which was an absolutely righteous act. He then used this to win over other Mongol tribes and establish a moral high ground against Tsewang Arabtan, making his subjects believe in him as well. Ultimately, he forced Tsewang Arabtan to accept this coexistence. The rest was just a matter of going out to plunder together. As long as they could go out to plunder those small countries in Central Asia together, the rest of the problem would naturally be solved by the interests involved.

The first step is to prove one's devotion to Buddha, to prove it with blood, and to prove it with mounds of corpses.

Just as Yinzhi, full of ambition, began his westward journey in his official robes, the Fourth Prince in Liaodong was also fighting for survival.

The Heavenly Army has launched a two-pronged northern expedition by land and sea. The Heavenly Army, which set sail from Shandong and landed at Lushun, easily crushed the Qing army's desperate resistance.

So, realizing that his tens of thousands of Eight Banners troops were no match for two armies of Heavenly Army soldiers, the Fourth Prince decisively declared himself emperor. His reason, of course, was that the Qing emperor in Hangzhou had died, and his elder brother had been executed by slow slicing in Yangzhou, thus justifying his ascension. In short, this Qing emperor, facing the Heavenly Army's northern expedition, ultimately chose to tour Korea after his ascension, easily defeating Korean resistance and entering Pyongyang on the same day the Heavenly Army recaptured Shenyang.

Then, when the heavenly soldiers arrived at the banks of the Yalu River, he had already arrived in Seoul.

The King of Joseon, along with his subjects, knelt joyfully at the Yeongeun Gate to welcome His Majesty the Emperor, and moved out of his small residence to serve as His Majesty the Emperor's temporary palace.

However, to his relief, it turned out that His Majesty the Emperor did not favor his poor place; His Majesty simply intended to personally lead an expedition to punish the Japanese.

But he had to prepare ships and supplies, and even send troops to accompany him.

Of course, this is acceptable, since it's nothing more than exploiting the people, not asking them to sacrifice their own flesh to serve the emperor.

In short, after the imperial army halted at the Yalu River, His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty began preparations in his vassal state of Korea to personally lead an expedition against Japan.

Ultimately, the Fourth Prince had no other choice. Even if he occupied Korea, it wouldn't make a difference. It wouldn't be difficult for the Heavenly Army to enter Korea. He couldn't even withstand the Heavenly Army in Shenyang, so how could he possibly withstand them in Korea? The Heavenly Army's advantage was overwhelming. In fact, even if the Heavenly Army were equipped with cold weapons, let alone their current superior equipment, the Fourth Prince still wouldn't be able to withstand them. The militia system meant that he would have to face tens of millions of able-bodied men who could be deployed to the battlefield.

Moreover, their fervent fighting spirit made these young men basically disregard death.

Give them a spear, and they'll charge into battle against cannons.

Therefore, the Fourth Prince was well aware that even if he occupied Korea, it would only mean he would have to flee again next year. Since he was going to flee anyway, he might as well flee completely.

Of course, there is another problem, which is also the key one: North Korea is too poor.

They were so poor it was hard to believe that such a dilapidated place could support them.

It's pitiful to see the daily diet of the King of Joseon. Even the Fourth Prince, a man of simple tastes, sighed that it was too meager.

But Japan is different.

At least in the Fourth Prince's view, Japan was still very wealthy. In fact, the Qing Dynasty had been exchanging copper coins with Japan, to the point that the Japanese Kan'ei Tsūhō coin was still widely circulated in the Qing Dynasty, which startled the Qing emperor, who thought that some rebel was so arrogant as to mint their own coins and have them circulated in large quantities. The Qing government also continued to import copper from Japan for minting coins. The famous imperial merchant Fan family was in charge of this, importing millions of kilograms every year, not to mention the large amounts of Japanese silver that had been flowing in since the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Fourth Prince, Japan was indeed much richer than Korea.

Why not rob such a rich place? With the strength of his Eight Banners forces, plus the Korean cannon fodder he captured, he could wipe out Japan.

In the end, he continued the dream of the Yuan Dynasty and began to prepare to use Korea as a springboard to land in Japan and begin his journey.

The fate of another Qing emperor, who was also the owner of the Summer Palace, was quite simple. He was defeated in the siege of the imperial army and, not wanting to live a life of hardship as a fugitive, simply burned down the Summer Palace himself. He then locked himself and his concubines in a room, enjoying themselves while waiting for the fire to spread.

Although the heavenly army that besieged him consisted of only one brigade.

In the end, all that was found in the ruins were some corpses that looked like fried chicken.

As for General Wang, who stubbornly resisted in Shanxi, he was the only one who truly fought to the death. He even organized a desperate defense in Taiyuan. To boost morale, he confiscated all the imperial merchants' property, distributing their gold, silver, jewels, and even women to his soldiers. This resulted in a surge in morale, and he even took the initiative to engage the Heavenly Army. More than 5,000 Qing cavalry charged the Heavenly Army outside Taiyuan, ultimately leaving behind more than 3,000 corpses and causing the deaths of 12 Heavenly Soldiers. This was the only major blow the Qing Dynasty inflicted on the Heavenly Army.

Of course, Taiyuan ultimately failed to hold on.

When the city fell, General Wang led his remaining troops to break out and escape to Datong, but they were intercepted by another group of heavenly soldiers at Ningwu Pass and were eventually killed by a hail of bullets.

He was shot nearly a hundred times.

They've been riddled with bullets.

Maolu Mountain.

Baiyang Village.

This remote little village nestled among towering mountains is now teeming with people.

In order to bring the immortal's mobile palace up here, militiamen from more than a dozen counties on both sides of the Yangtze River rushed to the scene and specially built a road from Xingshan to this place.

Of course, they also came to pay homage to the immortals.

So at this moment, there are even people who have come from Chongqing and other places.

At this time, Yue Shenglong, the governor of Sichuan, had already led the officials and people of Sichuan to surrender to the Heavenly Army. However, the Heavenly Army did not enter Sichuan. After Nian Gengyao fled, he was recommended by the officials and gentry of Sichuan to surrender as the governor of Sichuan who had cleared out the demons. He sent his son, Yue Zhongqi, as an envoy to Nanjing to apologize to the Heavenly Emperor. He had previously been the governor of Sichuan and had once been at odds with Nian Gengyao. Originally, Gao Lao was supposed to be the governor, but as a native of Chengdu, the officials and gentry of Sichuan naturally had to bring him up.

His understanding earned him a pardon from the immortals. Not only his family, but also all the officials and gentry in Sichuan, except for those of Manchu descent, were pardoned.

Of course, only the crimes committed by Qing Yao are pardoned; everything else will remain the same.

"They are all very hardworking young people!"

The immortal on the mobile palace was also moved by the news of the Fourth Prince and others.

Clearly, they had quickly adapted to their new identities and begun seeking a new future. After all, the Fourth Prince himself had said that he was a foreign ruler; since he had lost a conquered territory, he would find a new place to conquer. As long as they were still the Eight Banners, it didn't matter where they were, it was still the Qing Dynasty. He was even creating an Eight Banners Korea, although to be precise, the Eight Banners originally had Korea, but it was just Eight Banners Korea bondservant. Now, he was elevating the Korean bondservant to the Eight Banners Korea, and then recruiting new people from Korea to expand the organization, so that they could be used as cannon fodder when they landed in Japan.

If they succeed, they will become the new loyal followers, enjoying the pleasure of being conquerors of foreign tribes alongside the Manchus and other ethnic groups.

Failed……

If we fail, of course we'll all feed the fish together.

However, his success rate should be quite high.

By this time, Japan had long been in decline, and the Tokugawa family had already entered the era of the Dog Shogun. To be precise, the era of the Dog Shogun had already passed, as he had died three years prior.

A ruler who is less than 1.3 meters tall, a Confucian and Buddhist, afraid of blood, a dog slave, and who could be executed even for stepping on an insect, had only ended his abstract rule three years ago.

It's easy to imagine what kind of state this country is in.

The Eight Banners under the Fourth Prince, who had gradually regained their ancestral wildness and whose equipment level had also begun to improve significantly due to the stimulation of the Heavenly Army, could easily defeat the samurai who had been ravaged by the Dog General for many years. Moreover, the two rulers were not on the same level. The Fourth Prince's level was comparable to that of Huang Taiji compared to Chongzhen, when compared to the Tokugawa family.

Moreover, the Tokugawa family will experience frequent changes of leadership in the next few years. Ienobu will die next year, and his son, who succeeds him, will only be eight years old when he dies.

How could Japan possibly resist the Fourth Prince?

Yinzhi's chances of success were also high. Although he was a fugitive, the masters would certainly support him. In fact, he had already sent one of his sons to study Buddhism, and Lhazang Khan also supported him. The latter's biggest fear now was Tsewang Arabtan's encroachment on the plateau, and Yinzhi was an ally delivered to his doorstep. Moreover, most of the Eastern Mongol tribes also supported him, and the kinship ties between the two sides were quite effective. Furthermore, after the Fourth Prince's eastern expedition, the Eastern Mongol tribes no longer needed to consider who to side with. Thus, even if Tsewang Arabtan refused to accept him, it would be difficult for him to stop the siege of this alliance. On the steppe, the master card was effective, as Ligdan Khan could prove. And no matter how strong the Dzungar Khanate was, it could not withstand the siege of the entire Mongol alliance.

If he succeeds, then the fun in the Western Regions will be huge.

"Immortal Venerable, we have found the stele erected by Li Laiheng for the Holy Emperor's Palace."

A servant went up to the palace to report.

Yang Xianzun nodded, then swung his jade axe, creating a spatial rift. The enormous mobile palace drove directly into the spatial rift and appeared in front of the Holy Emperor's Palace Stele, which was only two or three miles away.

However, it was not standing upright; it was dug out from underground where it had been buried.

"This humble servant pays his respects to the Immortal Venerable."

An old man knelt before the monument and bowed to the immortal.

"Immortal Venerable, it was he who led his disciples to dig it up. According to him, when the Qing demons destroyed the Holy Emperor's palace, the stele was too big to smash easily, so they only smashed some of the inscription. Moreover, the Qing demon soldiers also worshipped Guan Yu and thought this was really Guan Yu's palace, so they didn't dare to smash too much. They just dealt with it and then buried it. He was young at the time and was captured to demolish the palace, so he remembered the location. Now that the Immortal Venerable wants to find it, he came out to lead the way."

The attendant hurriedly explained.

"Get up!"

Yang Feng said.

The servant quickly helped the old man up.

The latter stood there trembling, and the next moment Yang Feng appeared in front of him. He instinctively wanted to kneel down again, but Yang Feng's nine-section staff immediately touched his chest, and he instantly disappeared into it. The servants, who were seeing such a scene for the first time, were stunned.

But then the old man suddenly reappeared.

He looked down at himself in astonishment, then tried to take a step, and then jumped up as if he had been reborn.

"I'm cured, all my illnesses are cured."

He shouted excitedly.

Then, upon regaining consciousness, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to the Immortal Venerable to express his gratitude.

The soldiers and civilians around them worshipped him with utmost reverence and awe.

The immortal, accustomed to being worshipped, walked to the monument with his nine-section staff, then pointed at it, and the monument rose up from the ground by itself.

"So, that's what a hero is!"

The Immortal Venerable looked at the names on the list and said...

Yue Zhongqi, who had been taken in as a servant, was trembling with fear.

The Imperial Seal appeared in Yang Feng's hand the next moment. It then rose and hovered above the stone tablet. A beam of light shot out from below it, instantly enveloping the entire tablet. At the same time, the soil and rocks around the tablet flowed downwards, and a huge base seemed to grow from the ground, gradually forming as the rocks and soil converged. It supported the tablet and rose up. Amidst the surrounding worship, a circular stone platform appeared at the bottom of the base and rapidly expanded as the rocks and soil converged.

Then comes the second-level truncated cone.

Level 3.

Even steps and railings are generated.

It eventually became a three-tiered altar with a radius of 100 meters, and at the very top of the altar was a stone tablet.

"That's enough. This is far more worthy of being immortalized than any imperial altar."

Yang Feng said with satisfaction.

This is the unlocked Imperial Seal of the State.

A collector of soul energy, an amplifier of the user's abilities.

Yang Feng's soul energy was indeed insufficient to reach that level, but the Imperial Seal of the State could absorb and store soul energy, and he could use the energy stored in the Imperial Seal of the State to do things far exceeding his own soul energy.

(End of this chapter)